Lot 250: ZDENEK TMEJ

ZDENEK TMEJ

Abeceda Dusevniho Prazdna -- Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness. Prague: Zadura Nakladelstvi, 1946.

Quarto (239 x 210 mm). 45 black and white photographs. (Small, light marginal dampstain in a few leave.) Original card covers, original dust-jacket (dust-jacket with expert repairs at the spine and extremities). Provenance: Technolen (stamp on title verso; a few cancelled shelf marks in the first leaf margin).

FIRST EDITION, IN THE RARE DUST-JACKET. 'A remarkable document of his war experiences (psychological and otherwise). It is also a beautifully produced, if fragile, book' (The Photobook). 'The dark, impressionistic look of Tmej's photographs is the result of working indoor with a concealed camera and only the dimmest available light' (101 Books). 101 Books, pp.124-25; Auer, p.316; The Open Book, pp.144-45; The Photobook,vol. I, pp.198-99.

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